Did you fail your driver's license test??

[BCains]

Passed first time.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

Passed the first time in 1964 Took it in my 1959 Chevy Impala Convertible 350 V-8 twin 4 barrel carbs, headers, dual exhaust, Huerst Line-Loc 4 speed. Had a dancing Snoopy on the vent window, and "WILD THANG" on each fender Ruled the NEBA Nationals (a late night roast beef sandwich place) for a couple of years.
Instructor handed me my temporary license and said "Be careful with this thing, you certainly know how to drive it"very

 

[Mousse]

If you fail the written test:

You don't know the rules and please stay off the roads for being dumber than a monkey that can pass that multiple choice test. Go back to the zoo.

I almost failed the written test the first time I took it. The guy at the DMV ask me what language I wanted to take the test in. I told him, "The same language everyone in Texas uses"...so he handed me the Spanish version. After waiting in line for another hour, I go my hands on the English version.

 

[Babooshka]

Passed first time in heavy traffic and everything =D

 

[teflon]

What is safer? A) 70% of the people on the road go 40 MPH, while the 30% go 30 MPH causing a back up and impeding the flow of traffic or B) everyone goes 40 MPH. The chances of an accident when everyone is going the same speed is lower then when someone doesn't bother to adhere to the flow of traffic. I don't know how the roads are in Canada( or the UK for the UK poster), but in the US, the roads and the cars can safely handle 40 MPH when the limit is 30 MPH granted people pay attention and stay a bit further back to compensate for the bit extra braking distance. They're are exceptions when you should follow the limit( school zones, in a city, neighborhoods, etc).

The speed limit is there for a reason. It is made according to the road condition. That's why highways can go up to 100kmph while school zones can only get to 30. It is made in mind of the environment, such as pedestrians, children etc. And by saying granted people should ______ already shows how dangerous it is, because then people are not driving according to the rules, they're just making up whatever seems convenient/safe in their mind. It would not be unsafe for you to go 30MPH when everyone else is speeding at 40MPH because the worst that can happen would be some rude person honking their horns at you. It's not like you're going slow enough that someone would actually crash into you.

The flow of traffic is what everyone else is going. If everyone else is going 40 MPH, going 30 is impeding the flow.

The speed limits need to be updated, but won't because revenue would be down from the reduced number of speeding tickets.

So by your logic, if everyone was going 120kmph on a 80kmph speed limit, it's actually not unsafe because everyone is doing it?

 

[WellRedd]

I failed first time, for being too cautious, which to me seemed ridiculous. I managed to get the most strict tester in the centre (she was notorious), and I actually had an extra tester in the car with me, who was assessing the tester! They gave me the choice to not have them there, but I'm certain this is why I failed.

Passed second time around though.

I've always been a careful driver, I try to keep at the speed limit (or even below it), because, contrary to what people in the thread have said, it is actually safer to drive at 30, whether everyone else is driving at 40 or whatever. Plus, it uses less petrol, which is good not only for environmental reasons, but for money reasons. 30mph is fast enough for anyone, bad driving and speeding really annoys me!

 

[sushi]

I also passed on my first time. It sucks that some people had to parallel park on their test. I did not have to. I guess it's not required in my county or something and very happy bout it

You didn't have a "real" test if you didn't have to parallel park!

 

[donga]

passed the first time, but took the third try (out of three) to do a three point turn (no parallel parking). now i don't have to renew again until something like 2052. arizona is sweet!

 

[grouper]

never took one
i dont drive

 

[souldawg]

I had the take drivers ed, attend all the classes, take the written at the DMV and skip ever having to take the driver's road test. So even though I actually failed driver's ed, my perfect attendance and ability to get a 70 on the written qualified me for a license.

I have taken it upon myself not to put myself on the road given how bad of a driver I actually am. It scares me to think there could be other people just like me actually allowed to drive!

 

[Osarkon]

I passed first time.

For those who didn't have to parallel park and all that, the test must be a lot more lax than it is here in the UK.

Here you're asked to do 3 maneuvers, which can consist of parallel parking, reversing into a bay, 3 point turn, or reversing around a corner, and 1 in 3 will be asked to perform an emergency stop.

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

I ALMOST didn't pass mine, but I did the first time, on my sixteenth birthday. It was really ********ty, because, this is how it works: For every thing the person sees that you do wrong, you get a point off, worse things are like 2-5..if you run a red light, stop sign, et cetera, you fail automatically...Okay, so, I got 22 points off, and why? Because on back roads, you had to make it painfully obvious that you were turning your head back and forth when you have no stop sign and the perpendicular directions do. Okay, fair enough..you're supposed to look both ways before you go ahead and go in case. But what does this guy do? He takes off 19 points...one for every time I missed that thing. So, basically, it's a smaller-deal type of infraction...and I didn't know I was doing anything wrong. So, what the **** is up with continually marking me off for same exact thing every time? Atleast tell me!

Anyways, done with that. The other three were for not stopping behind the stop lines at stop signs.

Edit: By the way...here in Michigan, we have to do the full driver's education class, and drive like 8 hours with the instructor. Then, we have to drive 50 hours with a parent, 10 at night, before the age of 16, then we take the test, which consists of driving + parallel parking, pulling-into-a-driveway-then-backing-out-into-a-space, and pulling up within like a foot of a white line, but not going over. Missing any of those three gets you like, an automatic 10 points off. I aced those three, though

 

[Loge]

For those who didn't have to parallel park and all that, the test must be a lot more lax than it is here in the UK.

Here you're asked to do 3 maneuvers, which can consist of parallel parking, reversing into a bay, 3 point turn, or reversing around a corner, and 1 in 3 will be asked to perform an emergency stop.

Passed 1st time in UK in '83, no parallel parking involved. There was an emergency stop, reversing round corner and turn in the road (not necessarily 3 points, depended on width of road).

 

[Goldcard]

I passed the first time! Not sure how, but I did!

 

[neonblue2]

Seems you guys may have it easier somewhat.

To get your Learners in South Australia you need to first pass a test which is split into two parts; Give Ways questions and just general questions. You must answer all four Give Way questions correctly. Give it a go. If you fail you must wait two weeks.

Now you should have your temporary (30 days) Learner license. You should have your real license once you have your eyes tested.

After all that you have two choices to get your 1st Provisional license. There are some requirements you must meet; at least 50 hours driving (it may have gone up since last July though) and you must pass CBT (Competency Based Training) or VORT (Vehicle On Road Test).

You can do the VORT any time with an instructor but you still must drive for 50 hours. The CBT requires either a licensed driver (who has not been on their 2nd Provisional license for two years) or an instructor to check certain skills several times.

If you chose the CBT then at that end you must still go through a test similar to the VORT (as stupid as it is), but without certain skills such as reverse parallel parking involved (tight schedule, already done it several times over the 50 hours, etc.). If you pass with an 80% or above, you get your 1st Provisional license. If you fail then you have to wait a certain amount of time.

After a year on your 1st Provisional license you can go for another test to get your 2nd Provisional license. It's called the Hazard Perception Test, it's all done on computer. If you pass then you get your 2nd Provisional license.

Then I reckon after another year you can go and get your full license. That is unless of course you've had any demerit points which push you back a few steps (eg. from 1st Provisional to Learners).


Currently I am on my 1st Provisional license and have been since February. I passed all tests first time.

If you want to know restrictions; a Learner must have a licensed adult (two years off their 2nd Provisional license) in the car at all times, they are speed limited to 80kmph, and they must display an "L plate"; a 1st Provisional is speed limited to 100kmph and they must display a "P plate"; and 2nd Provisional licensees don't have any restrictions other than they don't yet have their full license yet.